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#388 Don't delete all the repos
- PSF Elections coming up
- Cloud engineer gets 2 years for wiping ex-employer’s code repos
- Python: Import by string with pkgutil.resolve_name()
- DuckDB goes 1.0
- Extras
- Joke
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Brian #1: PSF Elections coming up
- This is elections for the PSF Board and for 3 bylaw changes.
- To vote in the PSF election, you need to be a Supporting, Managing, Contributing, or Fellow member of the PSF, …
- And affirm your voting status by June 25.
- See Affirm your PSF Membership Voting Status for more details.
- Timeline
- Board Nominations open: Tuesday, June 11th, 2:00 pm UTC
- Board Nominations close: Tuesday, June 25th, 2:00 pm UTC
- Voter application cut-off date: Tuesday, June 25th, 2:00 pm UTC
- same date is also for voter affirmation.
- Announce candidates: Thursday, June 27th
- Voting start date: Tuesday, July 2nd, 2:00 pm UTC
- Voting end date: Tuesday, July 16th, 2:00 pm UTC
- See also Thinking about running for the Python Software Foundation Board of Directors? Let’s talk!
- There’s still one upcoming office hours session on June 18th, 12 PM UTC
- And For your consideration: Proposed bylaws changes to improve our membership experience
- 3 proposed bylaws changes
Michael #2: Cloud engineer gets 2 years for wiping ex-employer’s code repos
- Miklos Daniel Brody, a cloud engineer, was sentenced to two years in prison and a restitution of $529,000 for wiping the code repositories of his former employer in retaliation for being fired.
- The court documents state that Brody's employment was terminated after he violated company policies by connecting a USB drive.
Brian #3: Python: Import by string with pkgutil.resolve_name()
- Adam Johnson
- You can use pkgutil.resolve_name("[HTML_REMOVED]:[HTML_REMOVED]")to import classes, functions or modules using strings.
- You can also use importlib.import_module("[HTML_REMOVED]")
- Both of these techniques are so that you have an object imported, but the end thing isn’t imported into the local namespace.
Michael #4: DuckDB goes 1.0
- via Alex Monahan
- The cloud hosted product @MotherDuck also opened up General Availability
- Codenamed "Snow Duck"
- The core theme of the 1.0.0 release is stability.
Extras
Brian:
- Sending us topics. Please send before Tuesday. But any time is welcome.
- NumPy 2.0
- htmx 2.0.0
Michael:
- Get 6 months of PyCharm Pro for free. Just take a course (even a free one) at Talk Python Training. Then visit your account page > details tab and have fun.
- Coming soon at Talk Python: Shiny for Python